Lamp and number-plate bracket.



E. A. HAWTHORNE.

LAMP AND NUMBER PLATE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.2. I9I3.

Patented Dec. 5, 19H5.

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LAMP AND NUMBER PLATE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2, I9I3.

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ELLSWORTH A. HAWTHORNE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

LAMP AND N TIMBER-PLATE BRACKET.

Application led August 2, 1913.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ELLswonTI-I A. HAW-THORNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bridgeport,county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented anImprovement in Lamp and Number-Plate Brackets, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to lamp and license number-plate brackets formotor vehicles, such for example as motor cycles, and will be bestunderstood by reference to the following specification, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings of two specific embodimentsthereof, while its scope will be more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a rear elevation of one form of lamp andlicense number-plate bracket, embodying my invention, the lamp,number-plate and mud-guard of the motor cycle being indicated in dottedlines; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, also showing the lamp,number-plate and mud-guard in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a rear elevationof another form of bracket embodying my invention; and Fig. 4 is a sideelevation of the same, showing a lamp battery and mud-guard in dottedlines.

Referring to the drawings, and to the embodiments of my invention whichl have selected for illustration, I have there shown two lamp andnumberfplate brackets similar to each other in most respects, butdiffering in other respects. The features common to both brackets willfirst be described, using the same reference characters as applied toboth, and the features in which the brackets differ will be afterwardseparately described.

ln both embodiments illustrated, the numeral 5 designates generally astrap-like member having two sides, or arms, 6 and 7, disposedpreferably substantially lat right angles to each other, and forming agenen ally l.shaped structure, the arm 6 having a ,terminal Partien .8disposed at angle .t9

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.. 5, 1916.. semi No. 782,568.

the contiguous part of the arm, and provided with a perforation 9 toreceive a screw, by means of which it may be secured to the mud-guard,the latter being indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.

The member 5 is provided with a perforation 10, preferably locatedadjacent the apex of the angle formed by the arms 6 and 7. Surmountingthe member 5 is a second member 11, also formed of a strip of metal, andpreferably having a generally U-shaped form, being provided with twoarms 12 and 13, the former having a terminal portion constituting atongue 14, offset substantially parallel to the arm 12, and extendingthrough the perforation 10 onto the opposite side of the arm 7 The otherarm 13 of this member is pro-vided with a terminal portion 15, bentsubstantially at right angles thereto, and parallel to the arm 6. Thisterminal portion is provided with a perforation 16, registering with asimilar perforation 17 formed in the arm 6, and through both theseperforations a clamping bolt 18 extends, and is provided with a wing-nut19, which may be located above or below, accoi-ding as circumstances mayrequire.

When the bracket is used tof support a lamp having as its source ofsupply a battery, the casing of the latter, indicated in dotted lines inFig. 4, will be inclosed in the space bounded by the arms 12 and 13 andthe arm 6, and will be firmly held in place, yet may he quickly andconveniently removed by simply withdrawing the bolt 1S and swinging themember 11 about the offset portion of its tongue 14 as a fulcrum, untilthe tongue arrives in a position where it can be withdrawn from itsperforation 10. The lam which is indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2and 4, at the front of the arm 12, is intended to be secured to thelatter in any appropriate manner, as by means of rivets or screws, thearm for this purpose being provided with perforations 20 and 21.

Vhen the lamp is to be supplied with current from a generator or batterylocated at a point distant from the bracket, the lamp may be providedwith a rearward extension or connection, as indicated in dotted lines inFig. 2, and to support this extension, the arms 12 and 13 are hereinprovided respectively with apertures 22 and 23, placed in line with eachother.

The arm 7 is intended to support a license number-plate beneath thelamp, where the latter will shed a part of its rays of light upon theface of the number-plate to illuminate the latter, and for this purpose,the arm is herein provided with perforations 24. and 25, to receive theusual screws7 by means of which the number-plate is attached to thebracket. In some cases, it is desirable to place the bracket as low aspossible upon the inudguard, while in other cases, it may be placed at aconsiderable distance from the lower terminal portion of the mud-guard.

In Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown the bracket as constructed when intendedto be placed at a point very low down upon the mudguard, and in thisform, the arm 7 is provided with a terminal portion 26, bent forwardlyand then upwardly, so as to extend in the Same general direction as theterminal portion 8 already referred to. In orderto provide for theattachment of the terminal portion 26 to the mud-guard, yet withoutinterfering with the usual spring, which in most motor cycles isdisposed within the central portion of the mudrguard, the terminalportion is herein provided with a pair of ears 27, provided respectivelywith perforations 28 to receive screws or bolts for the attachment ofthe ears to the mud-guard. These ears-may be formed and herein areformed as a part of a separate plate 29 overlying the terminal portion26, and bent to conform to the transverse contour of the mud-guard, thecentral portion of the plate being securedV to the terminal portion 26by any appropriate means, as for example rivets 30.

In the form shown in Figs. 3 andll, the arm 7 is provided with adepending terminal portion 31, bent at a slight angle to the arm, andherein provided with perforations 32 and `33, to receive screws for theattachment of the terminalV portion to the mud-guard.

It will be observed that, in both forms of the invention, the terminalportions of both arms of the bracket are shaped to conform substantiallyto anfarc of a circle struck from ka center located within the angleincluded by the two arms;that is to say, they are so formed as to fitthe curve of the mud-guard of the motor cycle. In the form shown inFigs. 1 and 2, the terminal portion 26 extends toward the terminalportion 8, and in this form as before stated, owing toV thisl feature,the bracket can be .placed at a point well down on the mud-guard, whilein the form show-n in Figs. 3 and 4,

the terminal portion 31 extends in the opposite direction, to adapt itto other requirements where the bracket is not required to be placednear the bottom of the mud-guard, or where the latter is extended to apoint sufficiently low to receive a terminal portion of a charactershown in Figs. 3 and 4.

While I have herein shown and described two specific embodiments of myinvention foi` illustrative purposes, and have disclosed and discussedin detail the construction and arrangement incidental to two specificapplications thereof, it is to be understood that the invention islimited neither to the mere details or relative arrangement of parts,nor to its specific embodiments herein shown, but that extensivedeviations from the illustrated forms or embodiments of the inventionmay be made, without departing from the principles thereof, as set forthin the appended claims. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to procure is 1. A bracket of the class described comprising, incombination, two parts one of which is generally L-shaped in form and isprovided adjacent its apex with a perforation, and the other of whichhas two terminal portions one of which is in the form of a tongue havingan odset extending through said perforation, and means to secure theremaining terminal portion to the other of said parts.

2. A bracket of the class described comprising, in combination, twoparts one of which is generally L-shaped in form and is provided with aperforation, and the other of which is generally U-shaped in form andhas two arms one having a tongue offset substantially parallel to itsarm and extending through said perforation, and means to secure theother arm to the other of said parts.

3. A bracket of the class described comprising, in combination, twoparts one of which is provided with a perforation, and the other ofwhich is generally U-shaped in form and has two arms one having a tongueoffset substantially parallel to its arm and extending through saidperforation, and a bolt passing through the other arm and the other ofsaid parts. f

4. A bracket of the class described comprising, in combination, twoparts one of which is provided with a perforation, and the other ofwhich is generally U-shaped in form and has two perforated arms onehaving a tongue offset substantially parallel to its arm and extendingthrough said perforation, and a bolt passing through the other arm andthe other of said parts.

5. A bracket of the class described comprising, in combination, twoparts one of `through said perforation,

which is generally H -shaped in form and has two arms provided withperforated terminal portions and isprovided with a perforation adjacentthe juncture of said arms, and the other of which is generally U-shapedin form and has two arms one of which is provided with a tongue offsetand extending the remaining arm of each of said parts being provided l0with a perforation, one registering with the other, and a bolt passingthrough said registering perforations.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELLSWORTH A, HAWTHORNE.

Witnesses:

E. HORACE HAWTHORNE, MABEL K. PEDERSEN.

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